Russian and NATO pilots are testing each other’s wills in the skies above Eastern Europe
by Business Insider - Christopher Woody · July 14, 2017
NATO and Russian aircraft and ships have drawn ever closer in the skies and seas around Eastern Europe in recent years, engaging in a kind of cat-and-mouse game that has led to many near misses.
A significant number of these encounters have taken place above the Baltics, where NATO members border a Russia they see as growing increasingly aggressive in its near abroad.
http://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/07/russian-and-nato-pilots-are-testing-each-others-wills-in-the-skies-above-eastern-europe/